...in September. A figure above 50 indicates expansion on the previous month while a number below 50 signals contraction. SEPT 07 AUG 07 SEPT 06 Purchasing Managers' Index 55.8 58.8 55.4 Output 57.3 61.2 57.0 New orders 57.6 60.3 57.4 New export orders 55.5 58.1 53.1 Quantity of purchases 56.4 57.9 57.7 Backlogs of work 52.0 54.7 54.8 Input prices 60.1 62.5 59.0 Output prices 53.5 55.6 54.4 Supplier's delivery times 44.6 43.2 44.8 Stocks of purchases 55.4 57.0 53.4 Stocks of finished goods 47.7 47.0 50.0 Employment 52.0 55.8 51.5 NOTE. All indices are seasonally adjusted and are based on data collected from purchasing executives in 300 manufacturing companies in the Czech Republic. (Reporting by Mirka Krufova in Prague) Keywords: MANUFACTURING PMI/CZECH
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